How to detect when the server script receives info from the local script firing an event

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#1

You can write your topic however you want, but you need to answer these questions:

  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I want to let the local script know that the event they fired was received
  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    i thought maybe to use a bool to use as an indicator that it was received but i fear there will be latency when the bool changes and is replicated to the client??

I would just like to know if there are other ways to go about this

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#2

You could use a Remote Function, instead of a Remote Event.
You fire the remote from client, and server returns an answer

Remote Function

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#3

Fire local script to server script then have the server script fire back.
Local > Fires > Server
Server > Return Fires > Local

#4

what are you trying to acheive by doing this? ill try to give the best solution

#5

trying to sync server and client cooldowns

#6

simple, just fire the remoteEvent once in both the server and the client, setup a debounce in the client side which sets to true when (e.g lunge a sword) and then sets back to false when it receives from the server. here’s a code exmaple:

client:

local event = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")
local tool = script.Parent

local db = false
tool.Activated:Connect(function()
      if db then return end
      db = true
      event:FireServer("info")
end)

event.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
      db = false
end)

server:

local cooldown = 2
game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, information)
      -- whatever you want to do in the server side
      task.wait(cooldown)
      game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent:FireClient(plr)
end)

i hope this is the solution your looking for.

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#7

how would i make sure a exploiter cant just change the db himself and spam moves

#8

i will try using a remotefunction

#9

dam i forgot about that, its pretty simple you just do the debounce on the server too

local dbs = {}
local cooldown = 2
game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, information)
      if dbs[plr.UserId] then return end
      dbs[plr.UserId] = true
      -- whatever you want to do in the server side
      task.wait(cooldown)
      dbs[plr.UserId] = nil
      game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent:FireClient(plr)
end)
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#10

remote function is just the same thing.

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